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VII Turniej Szachowy na Kategorie Centralna

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23 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 Feb 2026 to 19 Feb 2026 in Bytom, Poland. Top 10 Elo average was 1725, and top seed was Piotr Karwacki (🇵🇱 POL, 1944).

Piotr Karwacki (🇵🇱 POL, 1944) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Maciej Hryniewicz (5.0) and Patryk Dembicz (5.0). Karwacki won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Miroslaw Gruszczynski (1527) beat Aleksander Cichocki (1743), a +216-point gap.

Location
🇵🇱Bytom, Poland
Dates
16 Feb 2026 → 19 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇱Piotr Karwacki1944
Avg top 10
1,725
Participants
23
Federations · 1 represented
🇵🇱Poland×23
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Piotr Karwacki led from R4; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
6
3
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Piotr Karwacki never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Piotr Karwacki beat Patryk Dembicz (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Piotr Karwacki 7 wins (R1–R7)Patryk Dembicz 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Karwacki, Piotr1944POL+10N+4B+2N+5B+7N+3B+8N7.027.030.530.502516+31.6
2Hryniewicz, Maciej1727POL+13N+15B1B=11N=6B+5N+9B5.026.028.517.751785+20.4
3Dembicz, Patryk1760POL+18N+11B+12N7B+5N1N+6B5.026.028.017.001860+19.8
4Piotrowski, Stanislaw1625POL+22B1N+16B=10N+11B=6N+12B5.024.025.514.751740+30.0
5Musial, Patryk1919POL+9B+8N+6B1N3B2B+11N4.029.032.515.501730-28.4
6Fysz, Marcin1579POL+19N+7B5N+12B=2N=4B3N4.026.528.514.501745+53.6
7Cichocki, Aleksander1743POL+17B6N+18B+3N1B9N+14B4.025.527.512.501668-24.4
8Meslin, Pawel1667POL+16N5B=15N+14B+10N=12B1B4.023.526.012.001744+9.0
9Gruszczynski, Miroslaw1527POL5N16B+21N+15B+13N+7B2N4.021.523.011.501707+33.2
10Romanowski, Stanislaw1567POL1B+21N+20N=4B8B=14N=13N3.524.025.58.751556-10.4
11Pienio, Milena1579POL+20B3N+23B=2B4N+15N5B3.523.024.07.501540-11.6
12Wisniowski, Marcel1692POL+21B+23N3B6N+18B=8N4N3.521.522.56.501470-59.2
13Fysz, Daria1444POL2B=14N=17B+16N9B+18N=10B3.520.522.59.001502+17.6
14Piotrowska, Jadwiga1590POL15N=13B+19N8N+17B=10B7N3.020.022.08.001504-24.8
15Adamczyk, Pawel0POL+14B2N=8B9N+23N11BF2.522.023.06.0014680.0
16Rajsz, Mateusz0POL8B+9N4N13B+22B=17NF2.521.523.06.7513930.0
17Sobianek, Kacper1447POL7N=19B=13N=23B14N=16B=20N2.516.517.55.251355-22.8
18Dziwinski, Cezary1477POL3B+22N7N+20B12N13BF2.019.019.03.001371-28.4
19Ksiezopolski, Grzegorz0POL6B=17N14B22NF=20B+23N2.013.513.53.0013160.0
20Ksiezopolski, Marek0POL11NF10B18N=21B=19N=17B1.515.015.03.001198-37.2
21Hekner, Bartosz0POL12N10B9BF=20N=23B=22N1.515.015.02.0012290.0
22Rozek, Milosz0POL4N18BF+19B16NF=21B1.513.013.02.757500.0
23Wojtas, Beniamin0POLF12B11N=17N15B=21N19B1.015.515.52.0013010.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets